Dann Huff is a killer guitarist/musician. But I never liked most of the Giant songs. That's why I personally think that Giant was not really underrated. Their success was appropriate. I'll See You In My Dreams was a hit. One of the best powerballads ever. But besides that...hmmm.
@@mantelmann13 You need to take another listen to the second album, "Time to Burn." I actually thought the first album, outside of the ballad, was a little weak in the song department. But not on "Time to Burn." Great sings abound, rockers everywhere. Great album buried in the heinous onslaught of grunge.
Giant is one of those bands that seemed to be mostly overlooked by the industry mainstream. But that’s okay because when a lot of great bands become so overly commercialized they tend to lose their niche. But regardless of their popularity, they are still there to enjoy and appreciate for guys like me who still enjoy some good, straight ahead guitar rock. 👍
Saw them too in the Paradiso in Amsterdam. One of the best concerts i,ve ever seen. Saw a lot of great bands there. Tesla, TNT, White Lion, Kingdom Come, Loudness, Def Leppard, Frank Marino and lots more. Paradiso was the place to go in the 80s. All the great Hard Rock bands performed there.
Frustrating when one sings of love for god then sings about lust for women, no one seems to mention this, the talent is amazing, but the compromise to try to make it sucks
@@reneechristopher2121 no way dude, I'm 27, but I own all their albums, the guitar player Dan Huff is also a great producer, done some great job with Whitesnake & Megadeth
@@ruiplas I just watched an interview with Mike Brignadelo. He played bass for Giant for 5 years. I know David Huff, Dan Huff's brother was the drummer. Who were the other members of the band?
Dan had everything in spades except timing. They came out just as this style of band was becoming a cliche. Supremely talented. He had an enviable career after this as a Nashville producer and studio guy.
Seen them that same year Live in Amsterdam.. Great Voice for a non natural born singer!! I always loved that (to me) U2 sounding/vibe on "Innocent Days".
@@panavisionnot7180 nix...it sounded just like that, that's why Dann swallows words and he actually brought his student on rhythm guitar...I saw them play live over here
It doesn’t get any better than this. The whole band is fantastic, but to sing and play guitar both at that level is just unbelievable. Dan Huff is superman. And then he’s so sought as a Nashville producer. He’s got a clinical ability and kinda reminds me of Mutt Lang in terms of a unique sound you can hear in the production. When he produced Martina McBride on the wild angels album Dan plays the solo on Two more Bottles of Wine himself, and it’s blisteringly brilliant, even though played at much lower gain/distortion levels. Fast, thoughtful, cleverly constructed, even humorous. Her band guitarists must have felt inadequate listening to that. He just knows how to leave you wanting more. Like the outro solo that fades on Hold Back the night. I’d pay a ton of money to hear that unfaded. So damned good, these guys should have been superstars. Grunge wasn’t kind on them and others though.
His vocals are almost as good as the album. That’s really something to me. Not too many singers sound as good if not better than the recordings. I wasn’t sure if his vocals were live in the beginning but I see where here and there he cuts his notes a bit short and there’s no backing track. He sure has one hell of a voice, with a lot of energy and rhythm in it.
THANK YOU FOR LISTING THIS!!! I've been trying to find this concert everywhere! There are a couple of songs posted from this concert, but not the whole set. I have loved Giant since their first album in 1989. I just wish they still had the same line up.
Tito Schmidt - AOR Melodic Rock Not me personally. Did you see the reunion show from last year? It's about 20 minutes & 4 songs and Dann isn't singing lead, but it is pretty amazing. Someone else posted it. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/kYlxVRq9eaw/w-d-xo.html.
Loved the reunion - except that Giant had a guest lead singer. It’s not that Dann couldn’t still sing the songs ( he couldn’t .. time, yeah?) - It’s that the Giant songs were recorded with Dann singing his best on “the” day in the studio. He always struggled with the vocals live. Not that he couldn’t sing the songs - just that he couldn’t sing those high notes every night. He’s said so in several interviews. Doesn’t matter to me - been a fan of his since WhiteHeart in the early 80s.
If only giant had hang around for a few more years longer ... They would have been been even more gigantic ... NB. I believe that this gig was later overdubbed.. due to apparent sound issues live.. e.g 31.18.. a bit like air guitar playing.. DH is still one of my favourite giants of guitar..
Nicely done! The band sounds great (whether or not some parts are overdubbed :-) - just a reference to earlier comments in the thread). Dann is such a fine musician and now producer. He does such a credible job handling the vocals in studio but I have to wonder if the band might have fared a bit better with a front man to complement his guitar chops? Seems like the label really tried to make him a "star" which doesn't seem like his bag at all. Even so - thanks for posting this. (BTW - I believe the "official" title of "Doctor Doctor" is "Bad Case of Lovin' You" - at least that's how Robert Palmer titled it. Cheers!
still have last of the runaways cd very important music from the 80's and I guess dan huff played in whitesnake 1987 with Adrian vandenberg on here I go again 3rd remake, love this and other lost music like Boston split Orion the hunter.
Giant are still pretty good after hearing their newest 2022 album Shifting TIme, Kent Hilli newest vocalist is beyond good! Even still Giant really isin't Giant without Dann Huff, I don't think anyway, but I will say that Shifting Time is EXCELLENT! They did a great job with it!
Used to really like this band. I saw them in Ft Meyers back in 89ish? but I thought they played as a 3 piece. Killer show. love that yellow Strat ultra with the push button selector switches. I forgot what a monster guitarist he was, I see where Reb Beach learned his tapping skills from!
Looking closely at the solo at 14.10... There's definitely some miming going on here! There's an audible slide and bend when his hands aren't moving!? Maybe he overdubbed them to get them the way he wanted afterwards... But I remember this show from 1990. I'd accidentally recorded it at half 2 in the morning, as we Brits used to get one hour a week of decent music shows and they were always on in the middle of the night. I watched it many times and you still have to admire the musicianship. This was a forerunner to me discoving Halen, Extreme etc.
You’re wrong, because they have another guitarist playing mostly rhythm. It’s like James Hetfield sometimes plays lead over Kirk Hammet, or he adds some playing to Kirk in Metallica. Same with Giant.
@@nitro_001newman2 From a guy whose been playing guitar for 30 years, trust me, I'm absolutely not wrong about anything... 😂 I fully understand how the principles of lead and rhythm guitars work. The issue here is that the video is out of sync with the notes in the solo. Absolutely nothing to do with a rhythm part underneath or any other such irrelevance. You either understand these things or you don't...
@@RobertJones-xq1si Got it, but I don’t see why a great guitarist like Dan Huff is going to overdub anything he plays on guitar. He’s too good to do that. I think you’re now trying to say the video was maybe a little delayed, or wasn’t matching. I’ll buy that!
@@nitro_001newman2 You really don't understand. No point guessing at what I'm trying or not trying to say... At 14.19, there's a typical blues rock bend that know from experience exactly where his hands would need to be on the fretboard. Instead, he's sliding down on his low E string, again, a very noticeable sound to anyone who's played guitar... The rest of it looks very well replicated. It's not the video being out of sync. But I'll leave you to your own conclusions...
@@andybrodenTyler never built Schecters. He worked at Norms as a repair man. In 1980 he opened his own shop and started building his own guitars. His early guitars had a Fender headstock with his name on them. That Schecter was built in Dallas Texas. Now Tom Anderson worked for Schecter it’s possible he built the guitar. Tom also wound pickups for Tyler while at Schecter.
I took a handful of lessons from Mark Oakley around this time. He was great too. Dann Huff is one of my all time favs. Thanks so much for posting this!
Come back Dan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
![Giant • “I'll See You In My Dreams”/Interview/“It Takes Two” • 1990 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QkhznkqjOK8/mqdefault.jpg)
Everyone knows that Dan Huff is a great guitar player and producer but no one talks about how great of a singer he is!!!! Amazing vocals here!!
I agree.
All around great musician
TOTALLY!
Well, I Love His Singing❤
Totally awesome ... like if Lou Gramm and David Coverdale had a secret brother ;P
This is beyond amazing in 2023!! What fire and passion these guys have!! Rock and Roll the way music should be!!! Awesome tunes!!!
Dann is crazy talented!
The name of this band actually represents the quality of this band and especially Dan Huff,GIANT!
One of the most underrated bands in the world. Very few lead singers take the lead guitar also. Time to Burn is a classic like this first album.
Dann Huff is a killer guitarist/musician. But I never liked most of the Giant songs. That's why I personally think that Giant was not really underrated. Their success was appropriate. I'll See You In My Dreams was a hit. One of the best powerballads ever. But besides that...hmmm.
@@mantelmann13 You need to take another listen to the second album, "Time to Burn." I actually thought the first album, outside of the ballad, was a little weak in the song department. But not on "Time to Burn." Great sings abound, rockers everywhere. Great album buried in the heinous onslaught of grunge.
"Very few lead singers take the lead guitar also" ??? lol you havnt listened to many bands huh ? lol
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100% agree!
Giant, one of my favourite rock bands. Great songs, top produced music. The new album "Shifting Time" is awesome too ...
Greatest AOR/Melodic Hard Rock band
Giant is a giant band.. I really loved this gig and Dan Huff is amazing. Love his energy and talent!! Thanks for share
They are, and this new incarnation with the new singer sounds extremely promising!
@@lorenmorgan1931 I still haven't heard the new album but yeah, new singer Kent Hilli is very talent as well.
Was a VERY UNDERATED band!!!!
One of my favorite bands and favorite album!
my fv is Time to Burn
No way out- Hands down my favorite song back in that time and just found it again.
This is amazing . This band was incredible..🎤📻🎸😎💙
BEST of The BEST Band´s ever ....................................
Ein Album das ich seit Erscheinen immer wieder gerne höre, eines das irgendwie zeitlos erscheint, reißt mich immer wieder mit
Mike Brignardello. Awesome bassist.
Giant is one of those bands that seemed to be mostly overlooked by the industry mainstream. But that’s okay because when a lot of great bands become so overly commercialized they tend to lose their niche. But regardless of their popularity, they are still there to enjoy and appreciate for guys like me who still enjoy some good, straight ahead guitar rock. 👍
Talents r so BRILLIANT live here!!!!!!... 🏆🏆🏆❤🔥🔥❤🔥🔥
much respect..this album carried me through high school
Takes be back .. underrated guitaris and vocalist. He also covered white snake studio work. Unsung hero
Dan Huff is a legend! Whole band is awesome!
Love Giant! Dann's voice was so good live! So underrated but amazing!
Saw them live in Holland round the same year, they were amazing! And...the loudest concert ever haha (louder than Venom, Motorhead etc :-) realy)
Saw them too in the Paradiso in Amsterdam. One of the best concerts i,ve ever seen. Saw a lot of great bands there. Tesla, TNT, White Lion, Kingdom Come, Loudness, Def Leppard, Frank Marino and lots more. Paradiso was the place to go in the 80s. All the great Hard Rock bands performed there.
Great show by a fantastic band.. should have been huge
Dan and David Huff started in a Christian band, WhiteHeart before crossing over to secular! Loved them in both genres.
Frustrating when one sings of love for god then sings about lust for women, no one seems to mention this, the talent is amazing, but the compromise to try to make it sucks
@@Looshbabyindeed.
Im A Believer❤
I saw this back in the day on TV. That's a really great version of I Can't Get Close Enough.
Huge Giant fan thanks for sharing
If you`re looking for a melodic hard rock album, with great songs, and awesome guitars........Last Of The Runaways by Giant is it !!!!!!
i totally agree
I have that on cassette , lol
You got that right, man.. 🤘🔥
U're damn right..! Giant is amazing band
Time to Burn is equally good too!
Was at this gig and the Edwards gig in Birmingham. Met them all after that show and they were all very humble. Great memories.
I've never heard of this band but they sound and play so freaking great. Amazing vocals.
@Joe Kinchicken 51.
@@reneechristopher2121 no way dude, I'm 27, but I own all their albums, the guitar player Dan Huff is also a great producer, done some great job with Whitesnake & Megadeth
寒蝉王 he’s produced 6 Keith Urban albums, Rascal Flats and others. Dan is massive in the country scene (he’s from Nashville)
@@ruiplas I just watched an interview with Mike Brignadelo. He played bass for Giant for 5 years. I know David Huff, Dan Huff's brother was the drummer. Who were the other members of the band?
Dan had everything in spades except timing. They came out just as this style of band was becoming a cliche. Supremely talented. He had an enviable career after this as a Nashville producer and studio guy.
30 years later we still love their music. Come to Copenhagen Dan Huff and friends - we will take good care of you!
Amazing
I was at that show!
did they play 'I'll See You in My Dreams' ?
Seen them that same year Live in Amsterdam.. Great Voice for a non natural born singer!! I always loved that (to me) U2 sounding/vibe on "Innocent Days".
Man... they should have pitched some of this down, that stuff is crazy high vocally and it doesn't let up.
Dann Huff is so awesome. Great energy. It’s hard to have that balls to the wall energy from start to finish but Huff managed quite well.
Amazing musicians. These guys can play anything. Great, well rehearsed, tight. Great guitar tones. Great vocals. Great stage presence. Zero songs.
Great studio sound..Great air guitar too.. the gig was edited and studio overdubbed..
One of the very few bands of the 90s with great songs
@@panavisionnot7180 nix...it sounded just like that, that's why Dann swallows words and he actually brought his student on rhythm guitar...I saw them play live over here
It doesn’t get any better than this. The whole band is fantastic, but to sing and play guitar both at that level is just unbelievable. Dan Huff is superman.
And then he’s so sought as a Nashville producer. He’s got a clinical ability and kinda reminds me of Mutt Lang in terms of a unique sound you can hear in the production.
When he produced Martina McBride on the wild angels album Dan plays the solo on Two more Bottles of Wine himself, and it’s blisteringly brilliant, even though played at much lower gain/distortion levels. Fast, thoughtful, cleverly constructed, even humorous. Her band guitarists must have felt inadequate listening to that.
He just knows how to leave you wanting more. Like the outro solo that fades on Hold Back the night. I’d pay a ton of money to hear that unfaded.
So damned good, these guys should have been superstars. Grunge wasn’t kind on them and others though.
25:22 = "Solo/Intro" followed by "Believer" = Awesome!! \m/
Great vocals.
Amazing!! Thanks for this. Cant believe I saw this!! Huff 4 ever!
His vocals are almost as good as the album. That’s really something to me. Not too many singers sound as good if not better than the recordings. I wasn’t sure if his vocals were live in the beginning but I see where here and there he cuts his notes a bit short and there’s no backing track. He sure has one hell of a voice, with a lot of energy and rhythm in it.
He doesnt even sing any more. Shame. I loved his voice.
Thanks from an "older "🤫 rocker for this materiel. Never seen this since yesteryear Giant🎸🤘
Amazing band
I Can't Get Close Enough. .💙👊
Very fine, very polished AOR. I love this band! too bad it just lasted a couple of albums at the time
Just the best of all!
What a AWSUM band, thanks for the share, not only a great guitar player, also an amazing producer.
This is outstanding. Thanks for sharing. Dann Huff is amazing
Huge fan amazing stuff!
Dan is such a bad ass and giant I still one of the best bands in the world!!!
Thanks for this! I saw them the same year at the Marquee Club 👌
Video recorded live at the Town and Country Club London.
Guitar solos re-recorded in some studio in Nashville at a later date.
Dann is a monster guitar player and singer. This is a very demanding set and he is on point!
THANK YOU FOR LISTING THIS!!! I've been trying to find this concert everywhere! There are a couple of songs posted from this concert, but not the whole set. I have loved Giant since their first album in 1989. I just wish they still had the same line up.
Hi there, the link for download the Dvd files is in the description
Tito Schmidt - AOR Melodic Rock I guess I was too excited to look in the description. Thanks again!
Do you have any concert of these guys?
Tito Schmidt - AOR Melodic Rock Not me personally. Did you see the reunion show from last year? It's about 20 minutes & 4 songs and Dann isn't singing lead, but it is pretty amazing. Someone else posted it. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/kYlxVRq9eaw/w-d-xo.html.
I haven't. Why Dann isn't singing?
Great band.. great songs..!!
Loved the reunion - except that Giant had a guest lead singer. It’s not that Dann couldn’t still sing the songs ( he couldn’t .. time, yeah?) - It’s that the Giant songs were recorded with Dann singing his best on “the” day in the studio. He always struggled with the vocals live. Not that he couldn’t sing the songs - just that he couldn’t sing those high notes every night. He’s said so in several interviews. Doesn’t matter to me - been a fan of his since WhiteHeart in the early 80s.
Great giant rhythm!!!
Saw these Guys in L.A. at airport Marriott hotel as the house band for a Christmas show KLOS radio station put on. They were great
I was there too. They did a few interviews on the station but the show was great. That album changed my playing to this day. Dan The Man!
DAN HUFF= 1. GENIUS❤💯💤💤👍👍👍👍👍👍
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!
A shame they didn't do my favourite track of theirs 'Hold Back the Night'.
If only giant had hang around for a few more years longer ... They would have been been even more gigantic ...
NB. I believe that this gig was later overdubbed.. due to apparent sound issues live.. e.g 31.18.. a bit like air guitar playing..
DH is still one of my favourite giants of guitar..
this is SOOOO GOOOD
33 years ago and it still Kick Ass!
Nicely done! The band sounds great (whether or not some parts are overdubbed :-) - just a reference to earlier comments in the thread). Dann is such a fine musician and now producer. He does such a credible job handling the vocals in studio but I have to wonder if the band might have fared a bit better with a front man to complement his guitar chops? Seems like the label really tried to make him a "star" which doesn't seem like his bag at all. Even so - thanks for posting this. (BTW - I believe the "official" title of "Doctor Doctor" is "Bad Case of Lovin' You" - at least that's how Robert Palmer titled it. Cheers!
Awesome!
Dann rightfully gets a lot of credit for being a guitar god but I love his singing equally as much!
Saw GIANT live in STOCKHOLM 1990 supergig
Awesome band!
The Huff Brother are amazing and the band too of course :)))
It's amazing how much Dann's singing improved between that first White Heart album and this--sounds like a completely different singer!
Awesome.
so good !!!
I am a believer in “ GIANT 😜
Dann Huff! 💙🎸🎼🙏🙂
still have last of the runaways cd very important music from the 80's and I guess dan huff played in whitesnake 1987 with Adrian vandenberg on here I go again 3rd remake, love this and other lost music like Boston split Orion the hunter.
Wished I could have been there.
Yes please real music played by the best!!!
The opening lick of I Cant' Get Enough has a Carry On Wayward Son guitar lick feel
Giant are still pretty good after hearing their newest 2022 album Shifting TIme, Kent Hilli newest vocalist is beyond good! Even still Giant really isin't Giant without Dann Huff, I don't think anyway, but I will say that Shifting Time is EXCELLENT! They did a great job with it!
I met Alan Pasqua at a jazz gig a while back. I asked why he wasn’t on Giant 3? He said “ They made a third album?”
I heard III is a collection of demos
That’s funny. Alan is a MONSTER!!! The album Blues for Tony with Holdsworth is great imo.
Nunca canso de ouvir
Banda foda
who knows,someday there will be GIANT IV with Dann
It’s hard to believe that this and the Arsenio Hall performance is all the live footage I can find.
Used to really like this band. I saw them in Ft Meyers back in 89ish? but I thought they played as a 3 piece. Killer show. love that yellow Strat ultra with the push button selector switches. I forgot what a monster guitarist he was, I see where Reb Beach learned his tapping skills from!
...or the other way around, as Reb was earlier on the scene with that expanded tapping techique in 1987 along with Nuno in 1990
Badass.
This group should have bin pushed more by record companies!!!!@@ this group is money
Looking closely at the solo at 14.10... There's definitely some miming going on here! There's an audible slide and bend when his hands aren't moving!?
Maybe he overdubbed them to get them the way he wanted afterwards...
But I remember this show from 1990. I'd accidentally recorded it at half 2 in the morning, as we Brits used to get one hour a week of decent music shows and they were always on in the middle of the night. I watched it many times and you still have to admire the musicianship. This was a forerunner to me discoving Halen, Extreme etc.
Did they play "I'll see you in my dreams" ?
You’re wrong, because they have another guitarist playing mostly rhythm. It’s like James Hetfield sometimes plays lead over Kirk Hammet, or he adds some playing to Kirk in Metallica. Same with Giant.
@@nitro_001newman2 From a guy whose been playing guitar for 30 years, trust me, I'm absolutely not wrong about anything... 😂 I fully understand how the principles of lead and rhythm guitars work. The issue here is that the video is out of sync with the notes in the solo. Absolutely nothing to do with a rhythm part underneath or any other such irrelevance. You either understand these things or you don't...
@@RobertJones-xq1si Got it, but I don’t see why a great guitarist like Dan Huff is going to overdub anything he plays on guitar. He’s too good to do that. I think you’re now trying to say the video was maybe a little delayed, or wasn’t matching. I’ll buy that!
@@nitro_001newman2 You really don't understand. No point guessing at what I'm trying or not trying to say... At 14.19, there's a typical blues rock bend that know from experience exactly where his hands would need to be on the fretboard. Instead, he's sliding down on his low E string, again, a very noticeable sound to anyone who's played guitar... The rest of it looks very well replicated. It's not the video being out of sync. But I'll leave you to your own conclusions...
Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing! Shame there is no beginning.. what happened?
Was wondering the same thing...
BTW, Doctor Doctor is actually called Bad case of loving you.
31:44-46 mark the lovely chap flippin the bird at the camera. ha!
My God, this is so good.. Does anybody know what guitar he uses on Believer? Does Not seem to je a Tyler too..
It’s a Schecter custom shop. Built by Tyler.
@@andybrodenTyler never built Schecters.
He worked at Norms as a repair man.
In 1980 he opened his own shop and started building his own guitars.
His early guitars had a Fender headstock with his name on them.
That Schecter was built in Dallas Texas.
Now Tom Anderson worked for Schecter it’s possible he built the guitar.
Tom also wound pickups for Tyler while at Schecter.
@jaycareaga9929 Hmm..I don't even remember why I wrote that? 😅
damn...Dan Huff was so friggin fluent on those leads!
Guitar player here but those drums sound good.
First two Giant albums are still among my fave albums. Who is the supporting guitarist?
Mark Oakley
I took a handful of lessons from Mark Oakley around this time. He was great too. Dann Huff is one of my all time favs. Thanks so much for posting this!
Come back Dan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
his voice was killer on this stuff ! i'm getting out of breath watching him sing . this stuff is hard to sing
Anyone know how/why this was filmed? An amazing bit of luck that this band was captured on film at their peak.
Is that Alan Pasqua on keys?
Yep, that is Alan on keys.